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Ectoderm vs Diploblastic - What's the difference?

ectoderm | diploblastic |

In biology terms the difference between ectoderm and diploblastic

is that ectoderm is outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult while diploblastic is having two embryonic germ layers (the ectoderm and the endoderm.

As a noun ectoderm

is outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.

As an adjective diploblastic is

having two embryonic germ layers (the ectoderm and the endoderm.

ectoderm

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult

    • See also

    * endoderm * mesoderm

    diploblastic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology) Having two embryonic germ layers (the ectoderm and the endoderm)

    • Related terms

    * diploblasty